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1. Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
   8: ...eity [[Zeus]] had instated the festival after his defeat of the [[titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Cronus]]...
   10: ...ds. The [[Sparta]]n adversary of Iphitos then decided to stop the war during these games, which were c...
   12: ...ed. Pelops married the princess but not before murdering Myrtilus, whose curse later resulted in the f...
   18: ...ympia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the [[List of deities|Greek gods]] near the towns of Elis and [[Pi...
   19: ...]]. This statue was one of the ancient [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
2. Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
   3: ... [[Pierre de Coubertin|Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin]] in the late [[19th century]]. The '''...
   11: ''In detail: [[Ancient Olympic Games]]''
   13: ...kecheiria)'' or [[Olympic Truce]]. The first recorded celebration of the Games in [[Olympia, Greece|Ol...
   21: ...e oils to keep their skin smooth, as well as provide an appealing luster to anyone who saw them.
   24: ...cation and foreign relations and so spurred the modern Olympic Games into existence.]]

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1. Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
   3: ...fore the [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded in [[July]] [[1940]].) Her resourcefulness and ...
   7: ... at eighteen, to businessman Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at...
   9: ... [[Germany|German]] occupiers would eventually murder her at one of their [[concentration camps]]. An...
   11: ...Horthy|Mikl󳠈orthy]].) Krystyna and Kowerski made good their escape from Hungary via the [[Balkans]...
   13: ...pt]], it came as a shock to them that they were under suspicion due to Krystyna's contacts with a Poli...
2. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
   3: ... [[Princess]] Grace of [[Monaco]]''', was an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]...
   5: ...llowed in that tradition. ''Kelly Drive'' in Philadelphia is named for John, Jr., who was a city counc...
   7: ...becoming an actress, Kelly became a [[fashion]] model and appeared in her first [[film]], ''[[Fourteen...
   9: ...ilms with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[Rear Window]]'', and ''[[To Catch a Thi...
   11: ...n [[1955 in film|1955]], she was awarded the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[The Country Gi...
3. Fanny Blankers-Koen (14562 bytes)
   1: ...hile 3rd place finisher [[Shirley Strickland]] is depicted on the far left.]]
   7: ...by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).
   11: ...ar she was a sports talent, but she could not decide which sport to pick. A swimming coach advised her...
   13: ... Record in the 800 [[metre|m]]. Fanny Koen soon made the Dutch team, although as a sprinter, not a mid...
   17: ...y 2, 1940, a week before the Netherlands were invaded by German troops.
4. Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
   3: ... of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is considered by some to be one of the greatest athletes in ...
   5: ... and Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
   7: ...ela Karolyi]] and his wife Marta, who would later defect to the [[United States]] and become coaches o...
   11: Comaneci successfully defended her European all-around title in 1977, but the R...
   13: ...t from her metal grip buckle. Against doctors' orders, she left the hospital and competed on beam whe...
5. Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
   4: ... after the Australian Swimming Union placed her under a 10 year ban. Things had come to a head when, a...
   7: ...8]] [[1998]], was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO).
6. Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
   2: ...], she became the first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – capturing all four Grand Slam titl...
   6: ...e of three he began teaching Steffi to swing a wooden racket in the family's living room. She began pr...
   8: ...nament at the age of 13 in October [[1982]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional m...
   10: ...ctice courts. This narrow focus meant that Graf made few friends on the tour in her early years, but l...
   12: ... [[1986]] at [[Hilton Head]], [[South Carolina]], defeating [[Chris Evert]] in the final. She followed...
7. Dorothy Hamill (1348 bytes)
   1: ...icago, Illinois]], here parents moved to [[Riverside]], [[Connecticut]] shortly after she was born, wh...
   3: ... she learned to be a professional. When she was older she won an Olympic gold medal and the world cham...
   5: The U. S. champion from 1974 through 1976, Hamill developed a new move, a spin that turns into a [[sit...
   7: ...7-84; she bought the financially-strapped Ice Capades in [[1993]], but sold it to [[Pat Robertson]] so...
   9: A doll was made of her in 1977.
8. Mia Hamm (6476 bytes)
   3: ...y for the national team at age 15, Mia later attended the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...
   11: ...passed the Atlanta Olympic final as the most-attended women's sports event, with over 90,000 filling t...
   13: Also in '99, Hamm began the ''Mia Foundation'', dedicated to help with bone marrow research and to h...
   15: ...IFA]] as the ''Female Player of The Year'' alongside [[Ronaldo]], who won ''Male Player of The Year'' ...
   17: ... in a private ceremony. A few hundred guests attended. On [[May 14]], [[2004]], she announced her reti...
9. Sonja Henie (2914 bytes)
   4: ...ng the [[1924]] program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach for di...
   6: By the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance. She won her first of ten con...
   12: ...e basis for the [[Henie-Onstad Art Centre]] at H?dden, near [[Oslo]].
   14: ...kemia]], on a flight from [[Paris]] to Oslo. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater i...
   26: *''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]'' ([[1941]])
10. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
    2: ...'' (born [[March 3]], [[1962]]) is generally considered as the best all-around female [[athlete]] in t...
    8: ...e she arrived, her mother was in a coma and brain dead. Since her father could not bring himself to ha...
11. Larisa Latynina (2531 bytes)
    3: ...90;ынина'''; born [[December 27]], [[1934]] in [[Kherson]], [[Ukrainian ...
    5: ...r choreographer moved out of town. At age 19, she debuted internationally at the [[1954]] Rome World C...
    9: ...rgin of 9 points. Latynina also successfully defended her floor title, while winning silver medals in ...
    11: Still the defending World Champion at the [[1964 Summer Olympi...
12. Katarina Witt (1117 bytes)
    1: '''Katarina Witt''' was born on [[December 3]], [[1965]] in [[Staaken]] (today [[Berli...
    5: * [http://www.katarina-witt.de/ Official Web Site]
    6: ...iwomen/2001/december/playbook/ Sports Illustrated Dec 2001 Interview]
13. Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
    3: ...born Mildred Didriksen (her surname was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texa...
    5: .... The jury, however, disapproved of her style and declared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Game...
    7: ...>[[Image:BabeStamp.png]]<P>''Babe Zaharias as <BR>depicted on a 1981<BR> US [[postage stamp|stamp]].''...
    9: ...reer in the mid-1950s. She won the 1947 [[Titleholders Championship]] and the 1948 [[U.S. Women's Open...
    11: ...er from playing a full schedule in 1952-53. She made a comeback in 1954 and took the Vare Trophy and h...
14. Continent (6440 bytes)
    2: ...king Alexandria as a [[prime meridian]], they divided the ''oikoumene'' or habitable earth into three ...
    13: Geographers and historians find it useful to define larger land masses connected with a [[land br...
    18: ...ss_section_Earth2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
    19: ...the Americas. These land masses are usually considered [[supercontinent]]s rather than continents, th...
    21: ...inent. In the same manner, historians may subdivide Africa-Eurasia into Eurasia-[[North Africa]] and ...
15. Australia (39438 bytes)
    13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Gover...
    14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Eli...
    16: area_magnitude=1_E12|
    24: population_density = 2|
    25: population_density_rank = &mdash;|
16. Americas (7154 bytes)
    1: ...nglish language|English]], where it is often considered a single continent) or to the [[United States]...
    6: ...rt of North America. The Americas are often also described collectively as the '''[[Western Hemispher...
    8: ...hough it should be noted that even those who consider the Americas to be two continents may still use ...
    13: ...norteamericano'' ("North American") or ''estadounidense'' (literally "United Statesian") when referrin...
    15: ...residents do not refer to themselves as "estadounidenses".
17. United States (58223 bytes)
    2: ... level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
    12: ...deral level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] |
    14: government_type = [[Democratic]] [[Federal republic]] |
    15: ...r>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
    16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
18. Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
    1: ... is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of Chi...
    3: ...464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dynamic/svedenia_rk/population/nas.htm].<!--
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    12: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
    37: | '''[[President of Kazakhstan|President]]'''
19. Greece (54754 bytes)
    1: ...ld|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich history duri...
    2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    5: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
    11: ...&#931;<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
    21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]]
20. Belgium (31774 bytes)
    1: ...Belgien'') is a country in [[Western Europe]], bordered by the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembo...
    4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    5: |+<big>'''Royaume de Belgique'''<br>'''Koninkrijk Belgi맧'<br>'''K?re...
    7: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
    10: ...enter width=130px | ([[Coat of Arms of Belgium|In Detail]])

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